PHOTOS: Last week on the Hill, February 5, 2015
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Samantha Dunn, the next presenter in Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Author Series, grew up with horses in rural hardscrabble New Mexico. Riding, dance, growing up poor in parched Southwest landscapes, her mother’s brilliance and alcoholism, and Dunn’s journey to redefine herself as a grown woman are key themes in her writing. “At the age of 3…
After a very tough 2012 school year, Hemet High parents have organized a summer, under-the-stars benefit concert. “Hope, Healing and a Brighter Future” takes place from 5 to 10 p.m., Friday June 29, at the Hemet High School Stadium. All proceeds from the “Brighter Future” Concert will create a scholarship fund to assist the eight…
First of all, there really wasn’t a plan for part two. I thought I was done but here I am writing about this subject again. It started after I wrote an article for the Town Crier’s other publication, Palms to Pines Magazine, last May. It was titled “Idyllwild’s Patriotic Parade” and it spoke of the history and the long-standing tradition it brings.
Steve Giove, retiring United States Marine Corps drummer and band leader, brings a septet of veteran USMC musicians to the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. Whimsically named MCJAM, Marine Corps Jazz Alumni Musicians, the seven take stage at the Butterfield Commons at Strawberry Creek at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 28. Six are USMC veterans and one…
The Coachella Valley Repertory is beginng auditions for its production of the Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone. The repertory is seeking a 25- to 35-year-old women to portray the nervous and flighty Rose, and a 35- to 40-year-old man to portray Cliff, a hard working, hard drinking truck driver. The auditions will be held from 11…
